Yang, of Limewood Close, Ealing, pleaded guilty to one count of contravening a prohibition notice and two counts of using the premises for special treatment without a licence.

At Feltham Magistrates' Court on May 11 she was fined £2,000 for contravening the prohibition notice and ordered to pay costs of £2,300, plus a victim surcharge of £120. She received no additional sentence for the other two offences.

Yang had been issued with a prohibition notice by Hounslow Council on August 20 last year, banning her from offering any special treatments at the parlour.

But two weeks later, on September 4, a till receipt was found showing 18 Thai massages had been given there in that time, generating £755, the council said.

She was also found to be still advertising services including acupuncture and reflexology.